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Predictions for main scalps this 12 months ranged from the overseas secretary to the prime minister. However within the occasion, who’re the excessive profile politicians to lose out within the 2019 basic election?
Liberal Democrat chief Jo Swinson
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Jo Swinson, who started the marketing campaign saying she was standing to be PM, was emotional as she thanked her household for his or her assist after losing her Dunbartonshire East seat by just 149 votes.
Following the defeat by the Scottish Nationwide Celebration’s Amy Callaghan, Ms Swinson mentioned: “Some might be celebrating the wave of nationalism that’s sweeping on each side of the borders.
“However let me say now, for hundreds of thousands of individuals in our nation these outcomes will carry dread and dismay.
“I nonetheless imagine that we as a rustic will be heat and beneficiant inclusive and open and that by working along with our nearest neighbours we are able to obtain a lot extra.”
The 39-year-old was first elected as an MP in 2005. She held on to her seat till 2015, when she misplaced out to the SNP’s John Nicolson.
The seat exchanged fingers as soon as once more in 2017 when she beat Mr Nicolson. She grew to become chief of the Liberal Democrats in July 2019.
Former legal professional basic Dominic Grieve
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Former Conservative Dominic Grieve, who fought many battles in opposition to Brexit within the Home of Commons, was amongst these to lose his seat.
He was as soon as the social gathering’s legal professional basic however was kicked out by Boris Johnson earlier this 12 months after he backed a invoice to attempt to cease a no-deal Brexit.
Mr Grieve ran as an impartial for his seat of Beaconsfield and gained the assist of greater than 16,000 voters.
However he was overwhelmed by the brand new Tory candidate Pleasure Morrissey, who gained with 32,477 votes.
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DUP deputy chief (and Westminster chief) Nigel Dodds
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The Democratic Unionist Celebration’s deputy chief since 2008, Nigel Dodds had been North Belfast MP since 2001, taking the seat from Ulster Unionist Cecil Walker.
However within the early hours of Friday it was introduced Mr Dodds had been defeated by Sinn Fein’s John Finucane, who obtained 23,078 votes to Mr Dodds’s 21,135.
Mr Finucane mentioned the end result confirmed North Belfast – which had at all times been a unionist seat – “rejects Brexit”.
Mr Dodds, who studied regulation at Cambridge College, was key in negotiations between his social gathering and each Mr Johnson’s and Theresa Might’s governments within the run as much as agreeing a cope with the EU.
Former London mayoral candidate Zac Goldsmith
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Conservative Zac Goldsmith misplaced his Richmond Park seat to the Liberal Democrats, within the pro-Stay social gathering’s first acquire of the evening.
Mr Goldsmith had anticipated to to battle in opposition to the Lib Dems’ Sarah Olney – who held the seat between a 2016 by-election and the 2017 basic election.
And people fears had been confirmed when it was announced Ms Olney, who beat Mr Goldsmith in 2016, had obtained 34,559 votes.
Mr Goldsmith, a now ex-minister on the Division for Environmental, Meals and Rural Affairs, received 26,793 votes.
A former London mayoral candidate, he gained the seat within the 2017 election by simply 45 votes – a 0.1% majority.
Shadow secretary of state for employment rights Laura Pidcock
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A lot of commentators had known as 32-year-old Laura Pidcock a future chief of the Labour Celebration.
However she misplaced her seat of Durham North West to the Conservatives.
In 2017, her majority was greater than 8,000….